Trim sugar leaves before or after initial dry?

Have heard a million different ways to dry and cure and im trying to figure out the best way to retain all the good smells without going through a "hay" stage. I'm on my first sensi dry and cure and my buds smelled awsome through the grow and after I chopped em but after two days drying they smelled like straight hay. I've been curing them now for a week and the smell is still there all though starting to fade. Can I avoid that shitty ass smell by not trimming the sugar leaves before the initial hang dry. If possible give me some info on this. Thanx.

Again, people are arguing about this, and have been for a long time.

All in all I think that the strain and wether you dry & cure it properly has more to do with how you cured bud turns out than leaving sugar leaves on before drying.
What it basically does it is slows the drying & curing process and it transfers some sugars and other substances to the bud from the leaves.

I'll stand firm on a proper dry & cure, that'll give you good results.